WWE 205 Live 5/28/2021

WWE 205 Live 5/28/2021

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2021/05/wwe-205-live-5212021.html

This is one of Tom Phillips' last shows as he got released this week. I will always remember him messing up the call on a headlock early in his career.

Tom Phillips and Nigel McGuisness are the announcers.

Asher Hale vs Tony Nese

Ther go to the mat early and Hale gets backdropped hard. They trade strikes and Hale hits some hard kicks. Nese comes back and grabs his head, then jumps over the top to drop his throat over it. Hale gets back at him though with a hard chest kick flurry. Hale hits more kicks then takes a spin kick to the face for 2.

Nese gets flatlinered into the 2nd rope then Hale kicks the rope while Nese's face is on it. Hale sits up top and tapes a palm strike, then Hale lariats Nese over the top and falls out with him. They trade chops and Hale hits more forearms. Hale german's him and buzzsaw kicks him for 2.

Nese misses a 2nd rope moonsault then takes a high kick. Hale then throws him over his back and chokes him for the win. I liked Hale's kicks here but this match didn't have a ton of story or selling to it and it wasn't anything too special.

Ari Sterling vs Ariya Daivari

They mentioned how they have very similar first names early. Ari rolls Ariya into the ropes chest first and tries to roll him up. He goes onto the apron and is legswept, then holds his knee. Ariya then chopblocks him on the floor and throws him into the boards. Ari comes back and hits some bad corner punches, then is pulled down from the buckles. He then bangs Ari's knee off the post.

Ariya puts him in the figure four and Ari punches out. Ari then hits a pele kick and knocks him down. Ari hits some leg sweeps then flipping legdrops the back of Ariya's head as he is bent over. Ariya sits up top and Ari runs and does a flipping hurricanrana to bring him down. Ari gets Ariya out then sitting moonsaults him from the inside 2nd rope to the outside. They go back in and Ari wins it with a spiral tap.

Ariya tried here but I didn't like Ari having his leg worked over then doing all kinds of flipping moves.

Overall thoughts: It's 205 Live. You know the deal. I didn't think either match was that great and fell to a lot of the usual indy issues with a lack of selling.